Continuous cigarette-machine.



N. DU BRUL.

CONTINUOUS CIGARETTE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1910.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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CONTINUOUS CIGARETTE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1910.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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CONTINUOUS CIGARETTE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1910.

1,040,653. Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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GQNTINUOUS CIGARETTE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1910. 1,040,653. Patented 0ct.8, 1912.

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CONTINUOUS CIGARETTE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1010.

1,040,653. Patented 0ct.8, 1912.

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CONTINUOUS CIGARETTE-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

Application filed May 14,4910. Serial No. 531,508.

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Be it known that. I, N APULIQON DU BRUL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Tmprovmncnts in Continuous Cigarette-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to means for feeding the tiller tobacco in continuous cigarette machines.

It has always been more or less difticult to obtain a satisfactory feed of tobacco through troughs, passages or tubes in which it is more or less closely confined, and in which it develops considerable friction. It is also difficult to introduce the tobacco rope into such parts of the mechanism without buckling, swelling, or disintegrating, after the tobacco rope has passed an open space (as between the rope-forming mechanism and the wrapping tube) where compression is temporarily released. lt is also difficult to release the tobacco from a trough, when it has been tightly packed therein, in forming therope. These several ditficulties are overcome, according to my present invention by providingthe trough, tube or otherpassageway in which the tobacco travels or is conveyed, with a belt, in such relation that it constitutes a moving surface running with the tobacco so as to prevent the frictionand drag thereon within the trough or tube, and so as to confine the tobacco while passing from one part of the machine to another, as for instance, in going from the rope-forming mechanism to the wrapping mechanism; also by having the belt running in the trough or other part, such for instance as the rotary trough of a rope-forming device, far as the point of discharge, and there digressing therefrom or changing its course relatively thereto, so as to strip the tobacco from the trough without impairing the rope.

In carrying out the invention, the wrapper-paper is preferably made to cooperate with the belt, to agreater or less extent, in confining the tobacco, for instance, just before entering the wrap )ing tube. or, if desired, paralleling the bet around a portion of the periphery of the rotary trt'uigh for the purposes of providing a moving surface toclose the open side of the trough and cooperate with the belt in causing the rope to leave the trough in a tangential direction, without bending, conducting it without previous excessive condensing, and in light spongy condition, across the space between the rope-forming trough and the wrapping tube, and conducting it into the wrapping tube without buckling or swelling.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a complete machine showing sne embodiment of the invention; Figs. 1, 1 and 1 are sections taken respectively on the lines aa, b-b, and c-c, of Fig. 1, Figs. 1" and 1 being on ancnlarged scale; Figs. 1 and 1 are detailed views of the pressure wheel on an enlarged scale; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a different embodiment of the in- "eution; Figs. 2, 2" and 52" are enlarged cletail views of parts of Fi 2; Fig. 8 is a plan view of Fig. 1, partly in section and with parts removed; Fig. i is a front end view of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the wrapping tube, shown in Fig. 1; Fig. P is an enlarged detail view of Fig. 1, showing the tube in elevation; and' Figs. 5 and 6 are, respectively, a side elevation and a partial plan view of a different type of cigarette machine having some of the features of my invention applied thereto.

For purposes of illustration, my inven tion is shown embodied in a continuous cigarette machine such as disclosed in my application tiled March 7th, 1910, Serial No. 547,807, the general arrangement of which comprises a suitable frame X, a tobacco feeding and cardrng mechanism A, a ropeforming mechanism B, a wrapping mechanism (I, the crimping mechanism D, (which may be replaced by a suitable pasting mech' anism if desired), the severing mechanism E, and the tape mechanism I; all of these mechanisms being driven by a main shaft 1, extending along one side of the machine, driven and released at will (for instance), by fast and loose pulleys 2, 9; said shaft being preferably divided and having its parts connected by separable clutch 3, to permit independent adjustments of the two ends of the machine. The said shaft has suitable mechanical driving connections with the several. mechanisms of the machine, there being provided in the particular embodiment selected for illustration, the bevel gear new a;

4 for driving the upwardly extending shaft 5 for the feeding and carding mechanism; a worm gear 6 that is adapted to drive the rotary forming and conveying trough or wheel 7 of the rope-forming mechanism; an angle gear 10 which drives the crimp-wheel 11 or the substitute paster; a worm gear 12 which drives the tape wheel 13,'and a gear 14 which drives the severing mechanism.

Referring more particularly to the parts of the machine with which my present invention is concerned, the rope forming mechanism comprises the wheel 7, constantly rotated through the gear 6 as already described, having a peripheral con veying trough '7, which receives the tobacco from the tobacco feeding and carding mechanism, and in which it is subjected to the packing and forming pressure of the wheel 23 which causes the tobacco to travel with the trough till it reaches the point of discharge. At said point of discharge, the formed rope leaves the trough in a tangential direction and therefore without bending, buckling or other disturbing influences, and in line with the wrapping tube 24; which it immediately enters.

In order to properly separate the tobacco rope from the rope-forming trough, in which it is tightly packed, without impairing the rope, I have provided a belt 7" that extends around the bottom of and is driven by the rotary trough, like a belt upon a driving pulley, and this belt constitutes the contact surface of the bottom of the trough and runs with the tobacco therein, until it reaches the point of discharge of the tobacco rope, when the paths of the trough and belt digress, the belt being deflected tangentially to the rotary trough and in the line of the wrapping tube which the belt enters with the/tobacco rope. By this disposition of the belt and relation of the belt to the trough, the tobacco rope is stripped from the trough, given its direction toward the wrapping tube, prevented from deflecting or' expanding while traversing the space between the trough and the tube, and assisted in entering the tube to such an extent as to ovrrcome any tendency to buckle or swell. This feature of my invention renders it unnecessary to apply excessive compression to the tobacco rope in advance of the wrapping tube, which was heretofore resorted to, to insure passage into the wrapping tube and leave the tobacco rope in good spongy condition.

A pressure wheel 6" contacts with the belt 7* within the trough of the wheel 7 and in so doing prevents slipping of the belt in the trough. Said wheel 6= is journaled within an arm 6" that is swingin'gly mounted on the machine frame, and by means of an adjusting screw 6 the pressure of the wheel on the belt 7* may be regulated.

In the wrapping tube, which is a fixed element, and in which the tobacco rope has heretofore developed considerable friction, the belt constitutes the upper inner surface with which the tobacco rope contacts, and since this surface travels with the tobacco, it largely eliminates friction Within the tube, and causes the tobacco rope to feed without drag.

The belt 7* traverses the tube only as far as the roll 9, beyond which the paper begins to close around the filler rope, and around' this roll the belt is guided. in passing out of the tube. The pressure of the roll 9 upon the tobacco rope is thus imposed through the medium of the belt which is traveling with the tobacco beneath the roll and a bet-- terresult is attained. The shape of the surface provided by the belt as it passes through the tube and beneath the roll 9 may he fiat or of any other shape but preferably as shown in 1 and 1.

From the roll 9, the belt 7 passes beneath a tightening idler 7 mounted in the adjustable hanger 7 and thence back to the trough wheel 7 where its relation has been described. The paper 3 from the usual roll is guided over the extreme forward end of the wrapping tube and is immediately thereafter supported by the endless tape 28 which passes over the guide roller 27. In this manner, the paper and tape support the tobacco and cooperate with the belt 7 to provide a pair of spaced surfaces which confine and travel with the tobacco as it passes from therope forming trough to the folding tube and.assist it to enter the folding tube. v

To confine the rope in the conveying trough without disturbing its texture, I may employ a tongue 25 curved concentrically with and adapted to fit the trough 7, pivoted at 25 at its receiving end and, at its discharge end forced. into the trough by the screw 26 the desired distance to restrict the rope to the proper dimensions prior to entering thewrapping tube, all as described in my pending application referred to. .And such an arrangement will coiiperate satisfactorily with the trough stripping belt 7". But another feature of my present invention consists in utilizing the wrapper paper to confine the tobacco rope within the trou h, and in so doing to provide the fixed mem r around the trough (the paper guide 25 substituted for the tongue 25) with a surface moving with the tobacco within the troug To these ends, (see Figs. 2, 2 2 and 2) the paper roll 11 is located at the forward end of the machine and the paper Web is led therefrom to and around a guide roller 25 at the upper pivotal end of a flanged paper guide 25"; and thence within the paper guide, by which the paper is held in position to close the open side of the trough and provide the aforesaid surface moving with the tobacco within the trough. This relation of the belt and paper to the rotary trough provides a pair of surfaces (preferably parallel) confining and traveling with the tobacco rope and producing results superior to old arrangements wherein the tobacco drags over fixed surfaces.

The paper is deflected tangentially from the roll 7 at the roll 28 where the tobacco rope leaves and preferably parallel with the belt 7", so as to continue the traveling surfaces in confining relation to the tobacco rope across the space between the trough and the wrapping tube, and into said tube, thereby attaining the results already re ferred to in connection with the cooperation of the paper and belt, in advance of and within the tube.

According to Figs. 5 and 6, the advantages of the invention may be largely realized by applying the feeding and friction reducing belt to a cigarette machine having an entirely different, though well-known,

type of tobacco-feeding and carding mechanism A, and ropeforming mechanism B. In this case, the belt 7 and the conveyer belt F travel in the folding tube 24, said belt 7 being guided around the presser wheel 7", which enters a trough formed by a belt 7 immediately above a belt guidin and driving wheel 7; the feeding belt 7" eing made to travel through the wrapping tube precisely as heretofore describeduntil it is guided outward around a wheel 9 By this arrangement, the belt 7 exercises the same protecting, guiding and feeding influence over the tobacco rope in advance of, and when it enters the wrapper tube, as hereinbefore described.

The former and f0l(Zer.-This part of the arrangement (Figs. 4 and 4*) wherein the tobacco meets the paper borne in by the endless tape comprises the trough 24 forming the bottom of the wrapping, forming, and folding tube; and the cover 27 which is hinged thereon at 9.7", and on which the tape guiding roller 9 is journaled. Said upper section is provided with ears 27 which engage with pins 24 and hold the part against lateral movement. A tongue '24 formed integrally with the portion 24 extends within and tangentially of the trough of the Wheel 7 and in this relation thereto serves to guide the belt 7 and the tobacco rope into the tube former and folder. From the point at which the tobacco enters the tube, the bore thereof is gradually tapered until at the point of the roll 9 where it is abruptly enlarged to permit of the compressed tobacco rope to ex pand within the wrapper. The overlying blade 2S effects to fold over one side of the paper and immediately thereafter the inner surface of the other side is gummed and there itself folded by the blade 24:, and finally sealed by the blade 24. Again, the wrapping tube 24 has downwardly extending flanges 29 as shown in Figs. 1 and 1 between which flanges and the side walls of said tube is formed a clearance for the upturned edges of the paper. By this means, the belt 7" is kept from contact with the paper.

I claim:

1. A cigarette machine having a traveling conveying trough for tobacco, a wrap ping mechanism, a belt constituting the bottom surface of said trough forming a bridging wall between said trough and said wrapping mechanism and comprising a tongue extending tangentially from said rope forming mechanism.

2. A cigarette machine having a traveling conveying trough for tobacco and a belt constituting the bottom sui face of said trough.

and moving with the tobacco therein and stripping the tobacco therefrom, a wrapper paper feeding means and a paper guide adapted to hold wrapper paper in position constituting a closure for the trough and moving with the tobacco therein.

3. In a cigarette machine, a rotary conveying trough receiving tobacco and forming it into a rope, a Wrapping mechanism and a belt constituting the bottom surface of said trough and extending from the trough in the direction of the tobaccos movement to strip the tobacco tangentially from the trough and forming a bridgingjvall between said trough and said wrapping mechanism.

4. In a cigarette machine, a rotary conveying trough, a paper guide conforming thereto, means feeding tobacco thereto, a belt forming the bottom surface of said trough and extending therefrom tangentially at the point of departure of the tobacco and a packing and driving wheel entering the trough and condensing the tobacco therein.

In a cigarette machine, a tube through which the tobacco passes having a belt forming a top surface therein traveling with the tobacco and a paper guide supporting a paper in position to provide a counter part surface in said tube, likewise traveling with the tobacco.

6. In a cigarette machine, a tube through which the tobacco passes, constructed to apply a wrapper to the tobacco, a belt forming an upper moving surface in said tube and traveling with the tobacco therein, and a tape traveling through said tube upon the bottom of said tube adapted to support a wrapper paper in position to provide a bottom surface traveling with the tobacco.

7. In a cigarette machine, a tube through which the tobacco passes, constructed to apply a wrapper to the tobacco, a belt forming are upper moving surface in said tube and traveling with the tobacco therein, and a tape traveling through said tube upon the bottom of said tube adapted to support a wrapper paper in position to provide a bottom surface traveling with the tobacco; said tube be ng constructed with partition walls separating the edges of the paper from the belt.

8. In a cigarette machine, a tube through which the tobacco passes, a belt constituting a moving siurface therein and traveling with the tobacco; said tube having a guide for said belt, a hinging section carrying said iiiit inspect-ion of the tobacco beneath it, and a paper guide conforming to the shape of the belt.

9. In a cigarette machine, a channel through which the tobacco passes, an auxiliary pressure wheel beneath which the tobacco passes, a belt guided by said auxiliary pressure wheel and constituting a moving surface traveling with and confining the tobacco, a paper guide conforming to the belt and having at one end a guiding roller over which a paper passes.

10. In a cigarette machine, a tube through which the tobacco passes having a belt forming a top surface therein traveling with the tobacco and a paper guide supporting a paper in position to provide a counter-part surface in said tube, likewise traveling with the tobacco; said tube being provided with a wheel beneath which the belt passes and in position to press the tobacco through the medium of said belt.

11. In a cigarette machine, a tube through which the tobacco passes having a wrapper section followed by a seaming section, a top belt moving with the tobacco in the tube and forming the upper surface of the tube with which the tobacco contacts, means supporting a wrapper paper in the counter-part position in said'tube, and means deflecting the top belt away from the tobacco, in advance of the seaming section.

12. in a cigarette machine, a wrapper tubethrough which the tobacco passes in receiving the wrapper, a belt constituting an upper moving surface within said. tube and traveling with the tobacco, a tape traveling with the belt adjacent to the exit of the tobacco from the tube.

13. ln a cigarette machine, a tube through which the tobacco passes having a wrapper section followed by a seaming section, a top belt moving with the tobacco in the tube and forming the upper surface of the tube with which the tobacco contacts, means supporting a wrapper paper in the counter-part position in said tube, and me he deflecting the top belt away from the tobacco, in advance of the seaming section; said deflecting means comprising a roller in position to uide and adapted to raise the belt to per sustain the belt above the tobacco and impose pressure upon the tobacco through the medium of the belt.

14:. In a cigarette machine, a tube through which thetobacco passes, a belt constituting a moving surface with the tube traveling with the tobacco therein and a wheel extending through the wall of the tube and compressing the tobacco therein through the medium of the moving belt and means support ing a wrapper paper in relation to said belt to constitute a moving surface and traveling with the tobacco therein.

1.5. In a cigarette machine, a wrapping tube having a channel for tobacco and lateral partition walls projecting downwardly and forming channels for the sides of the wrapper paper extending upwardly from the bottom of the wrapping tube, a top belt traveling in said wrapping tube, constituting an upper surface moving with the tobacco therein and having its edges deflected downwardly by said partitions, and a wrapper paper moving in said wrapping tube, providing a lower surface moving with the tobacco therein and having its edges extending upwardly but separated from the top belt by said partition walls. I 16. In a cigarette machine, a tube through which the tobacco rope is passed and a belt forming a moving surface within said tube entering the tube with the tobacco ,from a point in advance of the tube and in line of the tobacco rope feed, a wrapper paper feeding means, and a paper guide constructed to hold a paper in position to constitute a closure for the open side of the trough.

17 In a cigarette machine, a tube through which the tobacco rope passes, suitablesupports for the tobacco rope in advance of the tube, a belt confining the tobacco rope upon said supports passing with the tobacco in the tube and constituting a moving surface therein and means supporting a wrapper 'pa per in relation to said trough and traveling with the tobacco therein.

18. In a cigarette machine, a wrapping tube adapted to receive the tobacco and form a tobacco rope, suitable supports for the rope in advance of the wrapping tube and entering the tube with the tobacco, a belt above the tobacco rope confining the tobacco within the tube entering the tube with the tobacon and traveling therein.

19. In a cigarette machine, a rope forming means, a wrapping means and a belt traveling through both of said means providing in each a moving surface with which the tobacco contacts, a wrapper paper feedmeans and a paper guide adapted to hold a wrapper paper inposition conforming to the shape of the tobacco rope.

in a cigarette machine, a rope'forming means, a wrapper paper feeding means and a paper guide, a belt traveling above the to-.

bacco rope and providing a movingsurface with which the tobacco contacts, a wrapper paper feeding means and a paper guide adapted to hold a wrapper pa er in position conforming to the shape of the tobacco rope.

21. In a cigarette machine, a ro e formin means, a wrapping means and a Belt trave ing through both of said means providing in each a moving surface with which the tobacco contacts and providing a bridging confining surface between them, means being provided to support the tobacco rope on the side opposite said bridge confining surface comprising a tongue confining the tobacco in the rope forming mechanism.

22. In a cigarette machine, a rotary ropeforming mehanism, a wrapping mechanism, a belt traveling through said rotary ropeforming mechanism, stripping the tobacco rope therefrom, traveling through said wrapping mechanism, and forming a confining bridging wall between said mechanisms, and means for supporting the tobacco rope on the side opposite the said'confining bridging wall, comprising a tongue confining the tobacco in the rope-forming mechanism and extending tangentlally therefrom at the point of departure of the tobacco rope.

23. In a cigarette machine, a rotary rope formingmechanism, a wrapping mechanism, a belt traveling through said rotary rope forming mechanism stripping the tobacco rope there-from, traveling through saidmechanism and forming a confining bridging wall through said mechanisms and means r supportin the tobacco rope on the side opposite said confining bridging wall comprising a tongue confining the tobacco in the rope forming mechanism and extending tangentially t erefrom at the point of departure of the tobacco rope.

, 24. In a cigarette machine, a tobacco conveying trough and belt constituting the bottom of said trough extending with said trough to stripping the tobacco from the trough by digression of the paths of the troughs and belt, a wrapper paper feeding means and a paper guide constructed to hold a wrapper paper in position to constitute a closure for the open side of the trough.

25. In a cigarette machine, a rotary conveyer trough for the tobacco and a belt runnin upon the bottom of said trough as a pul ey and also over a suitable guide outside of said trough. whereby the belt leaves the trough tangentially, and means supporting a wrapper paper in relation to, said trough to constitute a moving surface closing said trough and traveling with the tobacco therein.

26. In a cigarette machine, an open sided traveling conveyer trough for the tobacco,

the point of discharge and therev and means supportingl a wrapper paper in relation to said troug to constitute a moving surface closing said open side of the trough and traveling with the tobacco therein.

27. In a cigarette machine, an open sided traveling conveyer trough for the tobacco, a wrapper'paper feeding means and a paper guide constructed to hold a wrapper paper in position to constitute a. closure for the open side of the trough moving with the trough and the tobacco therein.

28. In a cigarette machine, an open sided traveling conveyer trough for the tobacco, a wrapper paper feeding means and a fixed paper guide constructed to hold a wrapper paper in position to constitute a closure for the open side of the trough moving with the trough and the tobacco therein.

29. In a cigarette machine, a tobacco ropeforming mechanism comprising an open sided traveling conveying trough for the tobacco, a paper guide conforming thereto, means for supplying a wrapper paper to said paper guide, in position to provide a surface closing the open side of the trough, and means causing the paper to travel with the conveyer trough and. the tobacco therein.

30. In a cigarette machine, a tobacco ropeforming mechanism comprising an open sided traveling conveying trough for the tobacco, a paper guide conforming thereto and adapted to support a wrapper paper in position to provide a surface closing the open side of the trough, and means adapted to cause a wrapper paper to travel with the conveying trough and with the tobacco therein; said paper guide having lateral flanges confining the paper in line with the trough.

31. In a cigarette machine, a tobacco ropeforming mechanism comprising an open sided traveling conveyin trough for the tobacco, a paper guide con orming thereto and adapted to support a wrapper paper in position to provide a surface closing the open side of the trough, and means ada ted to cause a wrapper paper to travel with the conveying trough and with the tobacco therein; said paper guide having at one end a guiding roller over which the paper passes.

32. In a cigarette machine, a tobacco rope thereon are directed away from the trough.

33. In a cigarette machine, an open sided traveling conveying trough for the tobacco, a paper guide for closing the open side of and confining the tobacco in said trough and adapte'dto support awrapper paper in position to constitute a moving'surface travel.

ing with the'tobacco within the trough, a

rotary ropeorming trough, a wrapping belt within the trough comprising a moving surface thereifi" opposite to that pro vided b the Wrapper paper and also traveling with the tobacco.

34. In a cigarette machine, an open sided rotary conveyer trough for the tobacco, a wrapper paper feeding means, and a paper guide confining the paper in position to closethe open-side of the trough and confine the tobacco therein.

35. In a cigarette machine, an open sided rotary'conveyer trough for the tobacco, a wrapper paper'feeding-means, and a paper guide confining the aper in position to close the open side of t e trough and confine the tobacco therein; the path ot the'paper being directed away from the rotary trough tangentially whereby the tobacco may leave the trough-without bending the rope. I

36. Ina cigarette machmaan open sided rotary conveyer trough for the tobacco a 1 wra per paper feeding means, and a paper gui e confining the paper-in position to close the open side of the trough and confine the tobacco therein, and a belt traveling around the bottom of the trough, as a pulley; said belt and paper being deflected from the rotary trough in substantial-13 parallel tangential lines and conducting the tobacco away between them.

37. In a cigarette"machine, a rope form ing' means, including a trough, a wrapping means includinga tube, and a belt running through both said trough and tube, constituting'a moving suijiace running withv the tobacco in each, and having a path extending in a direction difierent from that of the trough, as it leaves the trough, whereby the tobacco 'is stripped from the trough. I

38. In a cigarette machine, a rope form'- ing mechanism ,including a trough and a wrapping'mechanisni, including a tube, a belt, and a-wra s'aidtreugh an one in each two opposed moving surfaces f traveling with and cong the tobacco between them; said" belt and paper leaving 'f the rotary rope for-min per paper running through i f tubein relation to consti- F ea ers strip the tobacco from the trough and con I fine it till it reaches the tube.

39. In a ci arette machine, an open sided tube, a belt, a wrapper paper feeding means, anda paper guide; said belt and the wrapper paper being directed within the trough and 1 over its open side respectively,vfor parts of its circumference, and directed thence through the wrapping tube.

40. In aci-garette machine, an open sided rotary rope-forming trough, a wrapping tube lying in a line substantially tangential thereto, a belt running around a portion of the bottom of the trough andthenceleaving 7 the trough tangentially and extending through the tube, a wrapper paper feeding means, and paper guides directing the paper partly around the trough in position to close from the trough, parallel with the belt as f it Eleaves the trough, and, thence through the tu e.

! forming device, a folding tube to which the rope is-delivered from the rope formingde- Zyice, aguidin wheel adjacent to the wrap ping tube, a elt passing around the rope f orming device and through the wrapping tube and guided away from said wrapping 'tube around said roller, and an adjustable pressure roller for pressing the belt against device.

I 452;. In a cigarette mac ine, a rope forming fdevice comprising a rotary trough, a wrapftrough, a guiding roller carried by said wrapping tube, abelt tightener, an adjustable belt pressure wheel and a belttraveling around the rotary trough, through the wrapj ping tube, around the guiding roller, befneath the belt tightener and between the belt pressure wheel and the rotary trough.

The foregoin specification signed at Gin; Lcinnati, Ohio, t is 26th day of April, 1-910.

NAPOLEON: DU BRUL.

In presence of two wimesses I). S. DUERU'L, i

H. Wecrnron. I

451. Ina cigarette machine, a rotary rope fpiifg tube receiving the rope from said- 5 the trough at an angle thereto whereby they its open side, and thence tangentially away 

